The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment held from October 1972 and continued to 1973. The experiment was designed to test if an increase of police presence and police marked vehicles would reduce the likelihood of crimes being committed.
The main point of the experiment was used to see if the community would notice changes in increased amount of police presences and if criminals would change their behaviors to reduce crime. After the conclusion of the experiment, surveys and data was collected to determine if the increase of patrol reduces criminal activity.
According to the policefoundation.org, The Kansas City Police Department started a task force of patrol officers, which would consist of three divisions (South, Central and Northeast). The job of the task force was to isolate the critical …show more content…
The finding would be expected for categories such as rape, homicide and common or aggravated assault. The crimes were not significantly affect by the change in patrol. It was determined the statistical finding was difficult to analyze because the pattern of arrest was so inconsistent that it could not be determined. According to policefoundation.org, Previous investigators including Roger Parks and Michael Maltz had shown how citizens can recognize, or sense change in levels of service or in policing. Therefore, surveys were taken before and after the experiment to see if the citizens attitude toward crime. The way they found attitude of citizen’s fear of crime in three ways. First, a series of questions in community survey to determine the level of fear, second a series of questions regarding protective and security measures taken by citizens. Lastly, the survey covered the protective and security measures used by businesses. The Citizen fear of crime was determined that it was not significantly affected by the change of routine preventive
The main point of the experiment was used to see if the community would notice changes in increased amount of police presences and if criminals would change their behaviors to reduce crime. After the conclusion of the experiment, surveys and data was collected to determine if the increase of patrol reduces criminal activity.
According to the policefoundation.org, The Kansas City Police Department started a task force of patrol officers, which would consist of three divisions (South, Central and Northeast). The job of the task force was to isolate the critical …show more content…
The finding would be expected for categories such as rape, homicide and common or aggravated assault. The crimes were not significantly affect by the change in patrol. It was determined the statistical finding was difficult to analyze because the pattern of arrest was so inconsistent that it could not be determined. According to policefoundation.org, Previous investigators including Roger Parks and Michael Maltz had shown how citizens can recognize, or sense change in levels of service or in policing. Therefore, surveys were taken before and after the experiment to see if the citizens attitude toward crime. The way they found attitude of citizen’s fear of crime in three ways. First, a series of questions in community survey to determine the level of fear, second a series of questions regarding protective and security measures taken by citizens. Lastly, the survey covered the protective and security measures used by businesses. The Citizen fear of crime was determined that it was not significantly affected by the change of routine preventive